Check-rein hook



UNITED STATES PATENT mm.

HENRY D. MCKINNEY, OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN.

CHECK-REIN HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 333,880, dated January 5, 1886. Application fil d Mar h 10,1885. Renewed November 19, 1885. SerialNo. 183,251. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY D. MoKiNNnY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Janesville, Rock county, WVisconsin, have invented new and useful Impro venients in Check- Itein Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

In the use of check-reins and check-rein hooks it is desirable that they be of such construction as to avoid as much as possible danger of their accidental discngagcments by movements oi'the aninials head or ranging, or by the ordinary movements of the harness when the animal is in action, while at the same time it is desirable that there be facility for their ready engagement and disengagement when either is desired. It is also desirable that they be of such construction that they can be used with a reversible harnesssaddle-that is, one which may be turned so that either edge is at the front.

The object of my-invcntioa the: efore is to furnish acheck-rein and check-rein hook by which these objects are accomplished, wherein there is no danger of their accidental or undesigned disengagement, while ease and facility for designed engagement and disengagement is secured, and operativeness secured, no matter which edge of the harness is used as the front edge.

To these ends the invention consists in the features more particularly hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the improved check-rein hook secured in a harness-saddle, the latter being partly in section. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the rein and hook, while Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on the line a: m, Fig. 2.

The reference-numerals 11 11 indicate the rein, which is attached to the bit or bridle, (not shown,) one end upon each side, in the usual way. The rein passes through a ring, 14, preferably triangularv in shape, at 12, and a slide, 13, is placed thereon and slid near up to 14. The ring 14 is secured to the hookstrap 15 by a pin, 16, secured in the folding of the leather or material of the strap 15, a slot, 17, being cut therein to permit the ring to pass back of the pin.

By using a triangular ring to unite the rein and hook-strap a flat bearing is secured for the rein l1, and a small bearing for the pin 16, and the parts are kept in the best relative position. An aperture, 18, is formed in the button-strap 15 for securing it to the hook.

The reference-immoral 1 indicates the shank of thehook,\vl1ich shank is square atits upper partin order that it maysetin a saddle-plate, say 10, without danger of turning or being turned. The lower part of the shank is screw-threaded, and, as here shown, receives a nut, 22, which secures it firmly to the saddle. Above this shank is the standard 7 of the hook, whose base is enlarged to form a shoulder, 4, at the top of the standard, which adds to the firmness of its seating in the saddle. At its top this standard 7 branches on opposilesides into two downwardly-projeoting arms, 5 6. The edges-of the standard are rounded or smoothed 011', so as not to fray o1 injure the surface of the leather of the rein passing thcrearound. The standard is secured in the saddle so that the line' of the arms 5 6 is longitudinal with the saddle 8, and hence both are nearly at a right angle with the line 0: the rein.

In using the rein and hook the hook-strap 15 is turned so that the length of aperture 15 coincides with the line of the hookarms 5 6. and it is slipped thereon or therefrom, as th case may be.

It will be seen that as the arms 5 6 project beyond the sides of the aperture it is impos sible for the parts to become accidentally dis engaged, while their designed engagement 0] disengagement is a matter of ease. At tlu same time the hook is adapted to act equall well in either direction, so that the saddh may be reversed.

Having thus described my invention, wha' I claim is- 1. A check-rein hook consisting of a stand ard provided with an enlarged shoulder, twi curved arms projecting downwardly,arrange( on opposite sides of the standard, and shank for its attachment to a saddle, substan tially as described.

2. The combination of the check-rein con sisting of rein l1, hook-strap l5, and rim 1 1, and the check-rein hook having arms 5 I projecting on opposite sides of the st-andarl 7, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signatun in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY D. KOKINNEY.

Witnesses:

Momns M. BOSTWICK, J. F. DEATLEE. 

